Russia in Review: Putin's Deepening Dictatorship
September 20, 2019 - ISW Press![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Vladimir%20Putin%20Speaking%20-%20DOS.jpg?itok=-n24LF8_)
In a new "Russia in Review" update, Darina Regio argues that the West should recognize that treating the recent elections in Russia as a true expression of the popular will of the Russian population simply reinforces a false narrative designed to mask Vladimir Putin's dictatorship.